SECTIONS.— INDEX OF SUBJECTS. 



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Bones of the Megatherium, symmetrical re- 

 lations of the, 1833, 437. 

 , on the constitvition of the mineral 



portion of, and the analysis of common 



bone-ash, animal charcoal, &c., by Prof. 



Voelcker, 1858, 68. 

 Books, J. I. Hawkins on folding plates in, 



for the pocket, 1839, 132. 

 and MSS., on a method of destroying 



insects which attack them, 1837, 99. 

 Boracic acid and ammonia, R. Warington 



on the production of, by volcanic action, 



1854, 76. 

 Boracite, amorphous, Dr. Karsten on an, 



1847, 55. 

 Boring for Artesian springs, M. Fauvelle on 



a new method of, 1846, 105. 

 Boron, Dr. T'rankland on a new organic 



compound containing, 1860, 69. 

 Botanic Garden at Kew, R. Hunt on the 



coloured glass of the Palm-house in the, 



1847, 51. 

 Botanical Garden of the Eoyal Agricultural 



College, Prof. Buckman on experiments 



in the, 1856, 83. 

 ■ geography of part of the Himalaya and 



Tibet, Major Madden and Capt. Strachey 



on the, 1851, 72; of western Tibet, 73. 

 Botany, on some practical results derivable 



from the study of, by N. B. Ward, 1858, 



118. 

 — — , on the originary structure of the 



flower, by Prof. Agardh, 1833, 433. 

 , systematic, J. Ball on practical means 



for the advancement of, 1845, 72. 

 and Zoology, Prof. Strickland on the 



true method of discovering the natural 



system in, 1840, 128. 

 Boulder-clay formation in Northumberland, 



W. S. Gibson on the, 1859, 109. 

 Bou^lder of cannel coal in a vein of com- 

 mon bituminous coal, 1848, 64. 

 of granite in the white chalk, E. God- 

 win-Austen on a, 1857, 62. 

 Boulders, J. T. Clay on tlieir occurrence in 



the valley of the Calder, 1842, 55. 

 , R. Griffith on their distribution in 



Ireland, 1843, 40. 

 , Prof. Phillips on the removal of, from 



the Cumbrian mountains, 1836, 87. 

 , Rev. T. Rankin on the formation of, 



1853, 54. 

 Boyne, J. Barton on the viaduct over the, 



1857, 178. 

 Brachiopoda, on the anatomy of the, by 



A. Hancock, 1856, 94. 

 observed in a dredging tour with Mr. 



M'Andrew on the coast of Norway, L. 



Barrett on the, 1855, 106. 

 Brachyacanthus scutiger, a new genus and 



species, from the lower old red sandstone, 



1859, 116. 

 Brachyura, male, C. Spence Bate on the use 



of the false feet in, 1850, 116. 

 Bradypus didactyhis, Prof. Owen on the 



tooth of, 1838, 145, 



Brahmins of India, H. Schlagintweit on the, 



1857, 151. 

 Brahui, Dr. Latham on the ethnological 



position of the, 1851, 89. 

 Brain, Dr. Carson on the uses of the ven- 

 tricles and convolutions of the, 1837, 123. 

 , Dr. Evanson on the functions of the, 



1837, 108. 

 , Dr. Foville on the anatomy of the, 



1839, 97. 

 , R. Garner on the anatomy of the, in 



some small quadrupeds, 1858, 123. 

 , Dr. Hutton on a case of deficient 



development of the right hemisphere of 



the, 1835, 99. 

 , Dr. Laycock on the reflex function of 



the, 1844, 85. 

 , Dr. Laycock on the communicating 



fibres of the, in reference to thought and 



action, 1845, 84. 

 , Dr. Macartney on the structure of the, 



1833, 449. _ 

 , Dr. Prichard on diseases of the, 1836, 



107. 

 , on the explanation of the crossed in- 

 fluence of the, by Dr. J. Struthers, 1855, 



136. 

 of the Troglodytes niger, Prof. Allen 



Thomson on the, 1855, 139. 

 Branchipus (Schteffer) and Chirocephalus 



(Prevost), Dr. Baird on the genera, 1847, 



74- 

 Brass, magnetized, Rev. T. Rankin on, 1849, 



29. 

 , on the chemical composition of some 



iron ores called, by E. C. Nicholson and 



D. S. Price, 1855, 66. 

 and copper filings, &c., application of 



electro-magnetism for the separation of 



iron from, 1835, 20. 

 Brassica oleracea. Dr. Lankester on some 



abnormal forms of the fruit of, 1849, 71. 

 Bread, on the composition of, 1855, 66. 



, new mode of making, 1855, 64. 



• , on a new mode of making, by Dr. W. 



Odling, 1859, 76. 

 , on the effects of alum in making, by 



Dr. OdHng, 1857, 55. 

 , ropy, observations on, by G. Read, 



1850, 60. 

 Breakwater, Plymouth, Wm. Stuart on the, 



1841, 99. 

 , floating, Capt. Taylor on a, 1841, 



100. 

 Breakwaters, C. Vignoles on the use of beton 



and concrete in constructing, 1842, 112. 

 Bream, white, Dr. Lankester on the, 1839, 



94-. 



Breccias of the southern portion of the valley 

 of the Nith, Scotland, Prof. Harkness on 

 the origin of the, 1858, 8 r. 



^Brewing, W. Black on the influence of elec- 

 tricity on the process of, 1837, 58. 



Brick and tile machine, the Marquis of 

 Twcedale's patent, G. Cottam on, 1839, 

 128. 



